Health bosses are 'incompetent' - but vital hospital facility WILL re-open at night
This week we reported that the vital 24/7 facility - which was meant to plug the gap after Hemel’s A&E closed in 2009 - was set to be shut indefinitely between 10pm-8am because of staffing difficulties.
But health chiefs have now confirmed that the centre will re-open in the new year.
Hemel MP Mike Penning was not impressed.
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Hide AdHe said: “They’ve categorically said that the UCC will re-open. They’ve said that I was right. As they haven’t held a public consultation, they cannot close it permanently.
“I got them both legally and morally.”
He added: “I’ve said all along that the management of health services in our area are incompetent - both the Clinical Commissioning Group and at the Hospitals Trust.
“I don’t blame the staff - whether it’s medical staff or porters, they do an excellent job - but I do blame the management, some of whom are earning six-figure sums.
“We have won a skirmish, but we have not won the war.”
A spokesman for Herts Valley Clinical Commissioning Group, which oversees healthcare across the area, was unable to comment.